St. Vrain Valley School District superintendent Don Haddad speaks during the Carbon Valley Dreamers dedication ceremony at Frederick High School in 2016. (Lewis Geyer / Staff Photographer)

St. Vrain Valley Superintendent Don Haddad is one of four finalists for the superintendent job in Nevada's Clark County School District.

Clark County is the fifth largest school district in the country with more than 320,000 students. The district encompasses 358 schools and about 8,000 square miles in southern Nevada and includes Las Vegas.

Haddad, who couldn't be reached for comment on Sunday, was promoted to St. Vrain Valley superintendent in 2009.

Before that, he worked in St. Vrain as the principal of Niwot High School, executive director of secondary schools, an assistant superintendent and a deputy superintendent.

St. Vrain school board President Bob Smith said Sunday that he wasn't surprised Haddad had been recruited, adding that he continues to have the board's "complete support."

"We couldn't be under better leadership," Smith said. "Our challenge to him has been to make us a national model for public education. He, like the rest of this board, is deeply committed to public education."

The other finalists, as reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, are John Deasy, former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District; Shonda Huery Hardman, former chief school support officer for the Houston Independent School District; and Jesus Jara, deputy superintendent of Orange County Public Schools in Florida.

Clark County's school board plans to select a new superintendent on April 19.

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